Prevalence and Factors Associated with Problematic Internet Use among Ethiopian Undergraduate University Students in 2019

Table 4

Factors associated with problematic Internet use among undergraduate students (bivariate and multivariate analysis) (n = 761), Dilla, Ethiopia, in 2019.

Variables	Categories	Problematic Internet use		Corollary (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
		Problematic	Normal
Age	15–19	38	185	0.44 (0.20, 0.99)	0.53 (0.22, 1.25)
	20–24	99	404	0.53 (0.25, 1.12)	0.66 (0.29, 1.48)
	≥25	11	24	1.00	1.00
Sex	Male	105	315	1.83 (1.24, 2.70)	1.69 (1.12, 2.56)
	Female	43	263	1.00	1.00
Depression	No	77	506	1.00	1.00
	Yes	71	107	4.36 (2.97, 6.40)	3.61 (2.40, 5.43)
Anxiety	No	97	451	1.00	1.00
	Yes	51	162	0.68 (0.46, 1.01)	0.86 (0.56, 1.31)
Social support	Poor	67	240	2.73 (1.04, 7.13)	1.96 (0.72, 5.35)
	Moderate	76	321	2.32 (0.89, 6.02)	1.83 (0.68, 4.94)
	Strong	5	49	1.00	1.00
Self-esteem	Low self-esteem High self-esteem	82	337	0.98 (0.68, 1.41)	1.23 (0.83, 1.82)
		276	66	1.00	1.00
Current use of khat or caffeinated drinks	No	98	505	1.00	1.00
	Yes	50	108	2.38 (1.60, 3.55)	1.86 (1.21, 2.87)

1.00 reference. value less than 0.05. value less than 0.015. value of Hosmer and Lemeshow test = 0.37, chi-square = 8.59, and df = 8.